name	Joshiy
birth name	Joshi
birth place	Varkala, Kerala
notable role	Director
occupation	Film director
children	Ahilash, Aishwarya[late] }}

Joshiy is a film director popular for comparability big budget action movies in Malayalam language with huge local star cast. In his three decades long career, Joshi has made several big hits in Kerala state, India and is still active in film making.

Career

Born in Varkala in Thiruvananthapuram district, Joshi's relation with cinema began from the movie theater that his family owned. While doing his final year in degree, in 1969, Joshi left to Chennai to try his luck in cinema. Joshi began his career by assisting big names including M Krishnan Nair and Sasikumar. He made his debut as director through ''Tiger Salim'', that got released in 1978. Though was an average grosser, Joshi had to wait for a couple of years to get his next movie ''Moorkhan'', to get noticed. The big success of Moorkhan starring Jayan and Sumalatha, was followed by ''Raktham'', a multi-star film which also did well at box office. Following this, Joshi directed many flicks including ''Sharam'', ''Karthavyam'', ''Dheera'' and ''Arambham''. In the year 1983, ''Kodumkattu'', got released for which Joshi joined with Mammootty for the first time, a team that created a sensation for the next two decades. Following ''Kodumkattu,'' came out a series of films including ''Bhookambam'', ''Kodathi'', ''Alakadalinakkare'', ''Muhurtham 11.30'', ''Minimol Vathicanil'', all big hits. The mid-eighties proved to be a harvest time for Joshi-Mammootty combination, when all the films turned out to be family entertainers, bringing in big moolah. In the year 1985, Joshi directed ''Nirakkoottu'', based on the script by debutant Dennis Joseph, who later became one of the most sought-after screenplay writers in Malayalam cinema. The huge success of ''Nirakkoottu'' established a new team Joshi-Mammootty-Dennis Joseph, which brought out ''Nyayavidhi'', ''Shyama'', and ''Veendum'' in the next couple of years. But in the year 1986, Joshi suffered a huge set back when his films one after another ended as huge disasters at box office. ''Veendum'', ''Nyayavidhi'', ''Aayiram Kannukal'', ''Sayamsandhya'', ''Ksamichu Ennoru Vaakku'' all ended up as dud. The continuous flops made Joshi to try out a film with Mohanlal in lead role, for the first time. ''January Oru Orma'', released in 1987, which ended as a hit. In the same year, Joshi joined with Mammootty for ''New Delhi''. Based on the script by Dennis Joseph, set on a huge budget, ''New Delhi'' created a sensation at box office and ended up as one of the biggest hit in the career of both Joshi and Mammootty. In the year 1988, Joshy directed three films, all scripted by Dennis Joseph and Mammootty in the lead role. ''Dinarathrangal'',and ''Sangham'' became super hits, while ''Thanthram'' failed to repeat the magic. In the year 1989, Joshi once again teamed with Mohanlal for ''Naduvazhikal'', which was a huge success. In the same year, Joshi brought out a Military film. ''Nair Saab'', completely shot in Kashmir, with Mammooty in the title role was also a huge hit at the box office. ''Mahayanam'', his third film of the year fetched 'state award for best actor' for Mammootty. ''No.20 Madras Mail'', released in 1990 was a fun film, in which both Mammootty and Mohanlal shared screen after three years. The commercial success of this flick was followed by a serious investigation thriller '''Ee Thanutha Veluppan Kalathu''. This was also Joshi's only directorial venture based on a script by legendary P. Padmarajan. But ''Kuttettan'', his third film of the year failed to create any impact in box office. Joshi's next film was ''Kauravar'' in 1992, again with Mammootty in lead role. Joshi in 1992, tried his hand in Tamil cinema, with ''Airport'', which was a big flop. In the year 1993, ''Dhruvam'' got released, followed by ''Sainyam'' in 1994. His debut into Telugu cinema was in the year 1994 through ''Angarakshugudu'', starring Dr Rajashekhar and Meena in leading roles. In the year 1997 Joshi brought out Bhoopathi, which was a huge flop at box office. Though had acted in several of his films, ''Bhoopathi'' was the first Joshi film in which Suresh Gopi appeared in leading role. Joshi joined hands for the first time with Renji Panicker for ''Lelam'', which ended up as a super hit. Again, the same team brought out ''Pathram'' in 1999, which was a huge success at box office. In middle, Joshi did ''Vazhunnor'', a forgettable film. Joshi's next two films, ''Praja'' and ''Dubai'' in 2001 were humiliating fiascoes. In the year 2004, Joshi made a comeback with ''Runway'', this time Dileep in the leading role. It was the second highest grosser of the year (2004).The success of ''Runway ''was followed by ''Maambazhakkaalam'', a big flop. ''Naran'' released in 2005 was a huge success at box office, followed by ''Lion'' in 2006. But his next films ''Pothan Vava'' (2006), ''July 4'' (2007), ''Nasrani'' (2007), and ''Janmam'' (2007) ended up as huge embarrassments in his career. The year 2008 was a milestone in his career as he directed ''Twenty:20'' , something unheard in the history of cinema. The huge success of ''Twenty:20'' was followed by ''Robinhood'' in 2009, for first time with Prithviraj Sukumaranin main role. ''Christian Brothers'' released in 2011, a multi-star film with Mohanlal, Suresh Gopi, and Dileep in leading roles successfully ended as a super hit.

Joshi-Mammootty Team

Joshy-Mammootty combination has given several super hits to Malayalam cinema. He holds the record for directing maximum films with Mammooty. Starting from ''Kodumkattu'' in 1983, Mammootty has been part of 34 Joshi flicks, the last being ''Twenty:20'' (2008). It was ''New Delhi'', directed by Joshi, that helped Mammootty a to regain his position as a superstar from megastar in Malayalam cinema 1987. new delhi

Joshi-Mohanlal

Though, is very close to Mohanlal, Joshi had done just a few films with him. For the first time they joined in 1987 for ''January Oru Orma'', based on the script by Kaloor Dennis, which was a super hit. Later, in 1989, ''Naduvazhikal'' came out, which was also a huge hit. This was followed by ''No.20 Madras Mail'' in 1990, in which both Mammootty and Mohanlal appeared in leading roles. It again took eleven long years for Joshi to direct a Mohanlal film. ''Praja'', released in 2001, was an average hit at box office. But in later years, Mohanlal appeared in a few couple of Joshi flicks including ''Maambhazhakkaalam'', "Naran".''Twenty:20'', and ''Christian Brothers'', his latest film in 2011.

Joshi-Dileep

Joshi-''Dileep'' team gave a lot of contributions to malayalam film including the mega hit ''Twenty:20''(2008) and ''Christian Brothers''(2011). Runway(2004)and ''Lion''(2006) were the other two superhits born in their partnership.The upcoming film in their combination is ''Valayar Paramasivam '' which starts on July or August 2012 for Christmas release.

Joshi-Suresh Gopi

Suresh Gopi has appeared in Joshi films from the beginning of his career itself. His first appearance was in ''Sayam Sandhya'' as villain. Later, in the next year, he again donned the role of villain in ''January Oru Orma''. Suresh Gopi in later years, though acted in important roles in several Joshi films, his first film as hero was ''Bhoopathi'' in 1997. Though, the film bombed at box office, they joined again in ''Lelam'' in the same year, which turned out to be huge success. Later they joined and did ''Pathram'', ''Vazhunnor'', Janmam ''Twenty:20'', and ''Christian Brothers''.

Joshi-Dennis Joseph

Joshi-Dennis Joseph team was once most desired pair in Malayalam cinema. In late eighties and early nineties, they brought out several super hits, mostly with Mammootty in the lead role. In fact Dennis Joseph made his debut into cinema by writing a script for Joshi. ''Nirakkoottu'', with Mammooty, Lissy, Sumalatha and Urvashi in leading roles was a super hit in 1985. Later they brought out several films including ''Shyama'', ''New Delhi'', ''Dinarathrangal'', ''Sangham'', and ''Nair Saab''. But after ''No.20 Madras Mail'' in 1990, both parted ways for several years till ''Bhoopathi'' in 1997. After the huge flop of ''Bhoopathi'', they both had never joined together.

Personal Life

A soft spoken man, Joshi has never given any TV interviews and his appearance in print media is limited. A strong believer of numerology, Joshi has changed his name several times from Joshi to Joshy to Joshiy to Joshiey. He also make it a point to visit Mookambika temple in Kollur on the day of release of his one of his films. He lives in Kochi along with his family.

==Trivia.

Joshi holds the record of directing most number of films with Mammooty in lead role. Both of them have joined for 34 films.

Barring ''Tiger Salim'', all Joshi films were edited by K.Shankunni till his death. The only exception was ''Sainyam'' released in 1994.

Jayanan Vincent was unavoidable part of Joshi film for long years. However after ''Kauravar'', they have never worked together.

Joshi joined with S. N. Swamy for the first time for ''Naduvazhikal'' in 1989. Later they together did ''Airport'' in 1992, ''Dhruvam'' in 1993, ''Sainyam'' in 1994 and ''Janmam'' in 2007.

Cochin Haneefa, Jagannadha Varma, Babu Namboothiri and Azeez were regular faces in all his films.

Joshi-Dennis Joseph team had created several big hits in the past. However they haven't done a film since ''Bhoopathi'' in 1997.

Filmography

Title ''Valayar Paramasivam'' ''Run Baby Run'' ''Sevenes'' ''Christian Brothers (film) ''Robinhood (2009 film) ''Twenty:20 (film) ''Janmam'' ''Nasrani (film) ''July 4 (film) ''Pothan Vava'' ''Lion (film) ''Naran (film) ''Maambhazhakkaalam'' ''Runway (2004 film) ''Dubai (2001 film) ''Praja'' ''Pathram'' ''Vazhunnor'' ''Lelam'' ''Bhoopathi'' ''Angarakshagudu'' ''Sainyam'' ''Dhruvam'' ''Kauravar'' ''Airport'' ''Kuttettan'' ''Ee Thanutha Veluppan Kalathu'' ''No.20 Madras Mail'' ''Mahayanam'' ''Nair Saab'' ''Naduvazhikal'' ''Sangham (1988 film) ''Thanthram'' ''Dinarathrangal'' ''Anthima Theerpu'' ''New Delhi (1987 film) ''January Oru Orma'' ''Veendum'' ''Nyayavidhi'' ''Sayam Sandhya'' ''Aayiram Kannukal'' ''Kshamichu Ennoru Vaakku'' ''Shyama (film) ''Nirakkoottu'' ''Iniyum Kadha Thudarum'' ''Oru Kuda Keezhil'' ''Onningu Vannengil'' ''Kadha Ithu Vare'' ''Vannu Kandu Keezhadakki'' ''Muhurtham Pathnonnu Muppathinu'' ''Kodathi'' ''Minimol Veticanil'' ''Sandarbham'' ''Ivide Ingane'' ''Alakadalinakkare'' ''Idavelakku Shesham'' ''Inakili'' ''Piriyilla Naam'' ''Umanilayam'' ''Dharm aur Kanoon'' ''Ankam'' ''Bhookambam'' ''Aa Rathri'' ''Himam'' ''Kodumkattu'' ''Adarsham'' ''Aarambham'' ''Dheera'' ''Karthavyam'' ''Sharam'' ''Raktham'' ''Kaahalam'' ''Moorkhan'' ''Tiger Salim''

Year	|	Cast	Script Writer
2012	|	Dileep (actor)>Dileep, Indrajith, Kavya Madhavan,	Udayakrishna-Siby K. Thomas>Udayakrishna<	Siby K. Thomas
2012	|	Mohanlal, Amala Paul,Biju Menon, Arun Babu-(junior artist)	Sachi>Sachi
2011	|	Kunchacko Boban, Vineeth Kumar, Asif Ali, Nivin Pauly, Aju Varghese, Nadiya Moidu,renjith menon, Bhama ,Rima kallungal	Iqbal Kuttipuram
2011	Christian Brothers''||	Mohanlal, Dileep (actor)>Dileep, Suresh Gopi, Sharath Kumar,Biju Menon,Kavya Madhavan, Lakshmi Rai	Udayakrishna-Siby K. Thomas>UdayakrishnaSiby K. Thomas
2009	Robinhood''|	Prithviraj Sukumaran, Biju Menon, Bhavana, Narain |>Sachi-Sethu
2008	Twenty:20'' (2008)||	Mohanlal, Mammootty, Dileep (actor)>Dileep, Suresh Gopi	Udayakrishna-Siby K. Thomas>UdayakrishnaSiby K. Thomas
2007	|	Suresh Gopi	S. N. Swamy
2007	Nasrani''||	Mammootty, Vimala Raman, Kalabhavan Mani, Jagathi Sreekumar, Vijayaraghavan (actor)>Vijayaraghavan	Ranjith (director)>Ranjith
2007	July 4''|	Dileep, Roma Asrani, Siddique, Devan, Cochin Haneefa, Innocent |>UdayakrishnaSiby K. Thomas
2006	|	Mammooty, Usha Uthup, Gopika, Saikumar (Malayalam actor)>Sai Kumar, Nedumudi Venu	Benny P Nayarambalam
2006	Lion''|| Dileep, Kavya Madhavan, Kalashala Babu, Shammi Thilakan, Sai Kumar ||UdayakrishnaSiby K. Thomas
2005	Naran''|	Mohanlal, Bhavana, Madhu, Siddique, Jagathi Sreekumar|>Ranjan Pramod
2004	|	Mohanlal, Shobhana, Kalabhavan Mani, Innocent (actor)>Innocent	T.A.Shahid
2004	Runway''||	Dileep (actor)>Dileep, Indrajith Sukumaran, Shammi Thilakan, Kavya Madhavan, Kalashala Babu	Udayakrishna-Siby K. Thomas>UdayakrishnaSiby K. Thomas
2001	Dubai''||	Mammootty, N. F. Varghese, Cochin Haneefa, Anjala Zaveri, Nedumudi Venu, Janardhanan (actor)>Janardhanan	Renji Panicker
2001		Mohanlal, N. F. Varghese, Vijayaraghavan, Cochin Haneefa, Aishwarya, |>Renji Panicker
1998		Suresh Gopi, Janardhanan, Manju Warrier, N. F. Varghese, Murali |>Renji Panicker
1998	|	Suresh Gopi, Janardhanan (actor)>Janardhanan, Sangeetha, N. F. Varghese	Benny P. Nayarambalam
1997	|	Suresh Gopi, M.G. Soman, Siddique (actor)>Siddique, N. F. Varghese, Maniyan Pillai Raju, Kollam Thulasi	Renji Panicker
1997	|	Suresh Gopi, Thilakan, Kanaka (actress)>Kanaka, Priya Raman	Dennis Joseph
1995	|	Meena Durairaj>Meena	S. N. Swamy
1994		Mammootty, Mukesh, Dileep, Vikram, Sukumaran, Mohini |>S. N. Swamy
1993		Mammootty, Jayaram, Gauthami, Suresh Gopi, Vikram Kennedy, Janardhanan, Vijayaraghavan |>S. N. Swamy
1992		Mammootty, Vishnuvardhan, Murali, Thilakan |>A. K. Lohithadas
1992	|	Sathyaraj, Gouthami	S. N. Swamy
1990		Mammootty, Saritha, Urvashi, Murali Thilakan, Lizy |>A. K. Lohithadas
1990	|	Mammootty, Suresh Gopi, Sumalatha, Nedumudi Venu, M.G. Soman	P. Padmarajan
1990	|	Mohanlal, Mammootty, Jagadeesh, M.G. Soman, Sumalatha	Dennis Joseph
1989		Mammootty, Seema (actress)>Seema, Mukesh, Vijayaraghavan, Vineeth |>A. K. Lohithadas
1989		Mammootty, Suresh Gopi, Devan, Mukesh, Lizy |>Dennis Joseph
1989		Mohanlal, Madhu, Devan, Rupini, Murali, Thilakan |>S. N. Swamy
1988	Sangham'' |	Mammootty, Mukesh, Seema (actress) >Seema, Parvathy, Thilakan, Innocent || Dennis Joseph
1988	|	Mammootty, Urvashi (actress)>Urvashi, Ratheesh	Dennis Joseph
1988	|	Mammootty, Sumalatha, Parvathy Jayaram>Parvathy	Dennis Joseph
1988	|
1987	New Delhi'' ||Mammootty, Suresh Gopi, Devan, Sumalatha, Urvashi || Dennis Joseph
1987	|	Mohanlal, Karthika (1980s actress)>Karthika, M.G. Soman, Suresh Gopi	Kaloor Dennis
1986	|	Mammootty, Ratheesh	Dennis Joseph
1986		Mammootty, Sukumaran, Innocent, Lalu Alex, Shobhana, Sulakshana |>Dennis Joseph
1986		Mammootty, Suresh Gopi, Ashokan, Monisha, Geetha |>Dennis Joseph
1986	|	Mammootty, Ratheesh, Shobhana	Dennis Joseph
1986	| Mammootty, Geetha, Mukesh ||Kaloor Dennis
1986	Shyama'' ||	Mammootty, Nadia Moidu Mukesh (Malayalam actor)>Mukesh, Sumalatha, Lalu Alex	Dennis Joseph
1985		Mammootty, Urvashi, Lizy, Sumalatha |>Dennis Joseph
1985	|	Mammootty	John Paul
1985	| Shankar, Nedumudi Venu, Madhavi||
1985		Mammootty, Lizy, Nadia Moidu, Lalu Alex, Shankar |>Kaloor Dennis
1985	|	Mammootty, Suhasini, Madhu (actor)>Madhu,	Kaloor Dennis
1985	|	Shankar Panikkar>Shankar, Nadia Moidu, lekshmi
1985	|	Mammootty, Ratheesh, Saritha	Kaloor Dennis
1984	|	Mammootty, Ratheesh, Seema (actress)>Seema	Kaloor Dennis
1984	|	Ratheesh, Lalu Alex, Saritha
1984	|	Mammootty, Saritha	Kaloor Dennis
1984	|	Ratheesh, Sukumaran, Seema (actress)>Seema
1984	|	Mammootty, Shobhana, Prem Nazir
1984	|	Mammootty, Madhu, Sumalatha
1984	|	Prem Nazir, Sukumaran, Seema (actress)>Seema
1984	|	Prem Nazir, Shankar Panikkar>Shankar, lekshmi
1984	|	Shankar Panikkar>Shankar, Shanavas, Radha
1984	|
1983	|	Prem Nazir, Madhu, Shankar Panikkar>Shankar
1983	|	Prem Nazir, Shankar Panikkar>Shankar, Mohanlal
1983	|	Mammootty, M.G. Soman, Ratheesh, Poornima Jayaram, Rohini (actress)>Rohini	Kaloor Dennis
1983	|	Prem Nazir, Shankar Panikkar >Shankar, Sumalatha
1983	|	Mammootty, Prem Nazir
1982	|	Prem Nazir, Balan K. Nair, Sumalatha
1982	|	Prem Nazir, Madhu, Sukumaran
1982	|	Sukumaran, Soman, Ambika (actress)>Ambika
1982	| Madhu, Ravikumar, Sreepriya ||
1982	|	Sukumaran, Sattar, Ambika (actress)>Ambika
1981	|	Prem Nazir, Madhu, Sumalatha
1981	|	Prem Nazir, Ravindran, Seema (actress)>Seema
1980	|	Jayan, Seema (actress)>Seema, Sumalatha
1978	|	K. S. Ravikumar>Ravikumar, Subha

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name	Suresh Gopi
birth name	Suresh Gopinathan Nair
birth date	June 26, 1959
birth place	Kollam, Kerala, India |
occupation	Film actor, playback singer
years active	1965, 1986 - present
parents	K Gopinatha Pillai, V Gyanalaxmi
spouse	Radhika
children	Lekshmi (deceased), Gokul, Bhagya, Bhavna, and Madhav
other names	Suresh
website	http://www.bharatsureshgopi.com }}

Suresh Gopinathan Nair (born 26 June 1959), often credited as Suresh Gopi (), is a national award winning Indian film actor who works mainly in Malayalam cinema; he is famous for his roles in police dramas. He is noted for his leading roles as much as his character roles. He is also famous for his philanthropic efforts.

Personal life

He was born in Kollam into a Hindu family to Gnanalekshmi and Gopinathan Pillai. Suresh Gopi did his schooling at the Infant Jesus Anglo-Indian High School at Thangasseri. He graduated with a BSc in Zoology and M.A in English literature from Fatima Mata National College in Kollam. He is married to Radhika, the granddaughter of late actress Aranmula Ponnamma, and has five children: Lekshmi (deceased in a traffic accident at the age of two in 1992), Gokul, Bhagya, Bhaavni, and Madhav. He is settled at Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) and is currently living in Sasthamangalam

Career

1965: Child artist

Suresh Gopi first appeared onscreen as a child in K. S. Sethumadhavan's ''Odeyil Ninnu'' (1965). It was a popular film that had Sathyan in the lead role along with Prem Nazir.

1980s: Early career

He returned to acting in the mid-80s with Sathyan Anthikkad's ''T.P. Balagopalan M.A.'' (1986), where he played a prospective groom in a small scene. He went on to play supporting and villain roles. Some other roles of his include Balan in ''Nandi Veendum Varika'' (1986), Kumar in ''Rajavinte Makan'' (1986), Vinod in ''January Oru Orma'' (1987), Shekaran Kutty in ''Irupatham Noottandu'' (1987), Suresh in ''New Delhi'' (1987), Harry in ''Oru CBI Diary Kurippu'' (1988), Unni in ''1921'' (1988), and Aromal Chekavar in ''Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha'' (1989). He played the comic role of Inspector "Minnal" Prathapan in ''Manu Uncle'' (1988) and of Dr. Narendran in Padmarajan's ''Innale'' (1989).

He played Sethumadhavan in Siddique-Lal's blockbuster ''In Harihar Nagar'' (1990). Another role was of Christopher Luke in Viji Thampy's ''Nagarangalil Chennu Raparkam'' (1990). The film that helped him get noticed as a serious police officer was the satirical comedy ''Aanaval Mothiram'' (1990), where he played Sub-Inspector Nandakumar and co-starred with Sreenivasan.

1990s: Peak

The films that made Suresh Gopi a bankable lead actor were ''Thalastaanam'' (1992), ''Ekalavyan'' (1993), ''Mafia'' (1993) and ''Commissioner'' (1994), all by Shaji Kailas and scripted by Ranji Panicker. All of them were police dramas and had, more or less, similar themes. He became immensely popular with his role as Bharathchandran IPS in the block-buster movie ''Commissioner''. Renji Panicker's dialogues employed by Suresh Gopi in English became quite popular with the masses.

During this period, most of his films were dubbed and simultaneously released in Telugu, which made him a sensation in Andhra Pradesh.

During the early to mid 90s, he also played characters of substance in films such as Jayaraj's ''Paithrukam'' (1993), Fazil's ''Manichithrathazhu'' (1993), Sathyan Anthikkad's ''Samooham'' (1993) and Sibi Malayil's ''Sindoora Rekha'' (1995).

The success of his cop roles led to more films of such nature, where he either played police officers or other tough characters in films such as ''City Police'' (1993), ''The City'' (1994), ''Rudraksham'' (1994), ''Kashmeeram'' (1994), and ''Mahatma'' (1996), with most of them failing to get noticed.

In 1997, with Jayaraj's ''Kaliyattam'' (1997), an adaptation of Shakespeare's ''Othello'', Suresh Gopi won the National Film Award for Best Actor for playing Kannan Perumalayan. He proved he was more than just another mainstream actor. This was a turning point in his career.

In the late 90s, Suresh Gopi was noted for playing in Joshi's films such as ''Lelam'' (1998) and ''Pathram'' (1999), again, scripted by Ranji Panicker. He played Nasrani character Chackochi in ''Lelam'' and journalist Nandagopal in ''Pathram'' where he co-starred with Manju Warrier. Suresh Gopi, Jayaram, and Manju Warrier teamed up in Sibi Malayil's ''Summer in Bethlahem'' (1998) which was a commercial success.

2000 - Present

He started off 2000 with ''Millennium Stars'' directed by Jayaraj. The movie was a colossal flop and severely affected the careers of all the stars involved. But he had a success later the same year in ''Thenkasipattanam''. After 2000, when his films were doing fairly well, he decided to stop acting in movies depicting violence, a decision he would later regret. It was also rumored that he was giving up his acting career for pursuing a political career. He acted in off-beat movies and accepted only soft roles from 2001 to 2005. With his movies failing to make an impact, he had just one release each in 2002 and 2003. In 2005, he decided to return to action movies. Ranji Panicker, scriptwriter of his most successful movie, ''Commissioner'', directed the sequel ''Bharathchandran I.P.S.'' portraying him as the police commissioner. The movie was a super hit and was followed by a number of movies in the same genre, in which he played the typical police officer or detective. Some of them were successful, like ''The Tiger'', ''Chinthamani Kolacase'' directed by Shaji Kailas, ''Nadiya Kollappetta Rathri'' directed by K. Madhu and ''Detective''. All the others, such as ''Time'', ''Aayudham'', ''Thavalam'', ''Rashtram'', ''Pathaka'', ''Bullet'' and ''Smart City'', were flops. In between he attempted to do a different role with negative shades in ''Lanka'' which, flopped at the box office and ignited a controversy for an unaesthetic kissing scene with his female co-star, Mamta Mohandas. In 2006 he reunited with his favorite director Shaji Kailas for the movie ''Time'', which had huge expectations but bombed at the box office. It was dubbed into Telugu as ''Police Ante Veedera'' and Hindi as ''On Duty'', but failed to fetch better results.

Before coming to the film world, he had displayed great interest in the field of literature; his favourite authors are Bernard Shaw and Shakespeare. He is famous for his philanthropic efforts.

In 2008, Suresh Gopi appeared in multi-starrer ''Twenty: 20'' produced by AMMA. Again, he acted with Mohanlal in ''Pakal Nakshatrangal'', an off-beat movie directed by Rajiv Nath.

In 2010, he appeared with Mohanlal, Dileep and Sarath Kumar for another multi-starrer ''Christian Brothers''.

In 2011, Suresh Gopi acted in the film Melvilasom, which though did not succeed that well commercially was critically lauded. Melvilasom, with nuances in theme and story was another novelty that Malayalam cinema saw in 2011.

In 2012, the making of yet another sequel of Commissioner, ''The King & the Commissioner'' with Mammootty has released on 23 March 2012. Malayalam TV Channel, Asianet declared that Suresh Gopi will anchor Kodeeshwaran program, which is the Malayalam edition of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and Kaun Banega Crorepati.

Awards

National Film Awards:

Best Actor - 1998 - ''Kaliyattam''

Kerala State Film Awards:

Best Actor - 1998 - ''Kaliyattam''

Film Critics Awards:

Film Critics Best Actor Award (three times)

Best Supporting Actor Award (four times)

In July 2005, he was considered for the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of a mentally distressed person in ''Ullam'' and as a doctor in ''Makalkku'', but lost out to Mammootty.

Trivia

Suresh Gopi's father was a friend of producer Balaji and they both named their sons Suresh. Suresh Balaji is also a well known producer in South Indian industry. Balaji is superstar Mohanlal's father-in-law.

Suresh Gopi films of 1990's were criticized for excessive violence and after 2000 Suresh Gopi pledged not to use a gun in any of his movies. This led to a five year downfall to his career. He revoked his pledge in 2005 to appear in Bharathchandran I.P.S. in which he appears with a revolver in the first scene.

He is a strong supporter of Indian National Congress and was close to former Kerala Chief Minister K. Karunakaran.

See also

Cinema of Kerala

References

External links

Official Website

Suresh Gopi biography and filmography

Category:Indian actors Category:Malayali actors Category:People from Thiruvananthapuram Category:Indian child actors Category:National Film Award winners Category:Kerala State Film Award winners Category:Living people Category:People from Kollam Category:1959 births Category:Malayalam film actors

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birth name	Manju Warrier
birth date	November 01, 1978
birth place	Kannur, Kerala, India
residence	Aluva, Kerala, India
yearsactive	1995–1999
spouse	Dileep (1998–present)
children	Meenakshi }}

Manju Warrier () (born 1 November 1978) is an Indian film actress. She was among the popular lead actress in Malayalam cinema during the mid to late-1990s.

She made her debut in ''Saakshyam'' (1995). Her well known films include ''Sallapam'', ''Ee Puzhayum Kadannu'' (1996), ''Thooval Kottaram'' (1996), ''Kaliyattam'' (1997), ''Krishnagudiyil Oru Pranayakalathu'' (1997), ''Daya'' (1998), ''Summer in Bethlehem'' (1998), and ''Pathram'' (1999). She won the National Film Award - Special Jury Award for her performance in ''Kannezhuthi Pottum Thottu'' (1999).

She married actor Dileep in 1998, and has quit acting since then.

Career

Even when she was at school, Manju showed extra ordinary talent in dance, and won many awards. She was conferred Kalathilakam in Kerala Youth Festival for 2 years.

At the age of 17, she debut in the film Sakshyam (1995). Later at the age of 18, she acted in the movie Sallapam (1996), co-starring actor Dileep, which became a big hit. Since then, she acted in around 20 Malayalam movies over a span of three years, most of which have been hits. She has won numerous awards and critical acclaim and was considered to be the top heroine of her period. She is still one of the most loved actresses in Malayalam. She has not acted in any other languages in her career. She was initially the first choice for the movie ''Alaipayuthey'' by director Mani Ratnam, but was not able to do the movie because of date hassles and then her sudden marriage.

Her performance in the movie ''Kannezhuthi Pottum Thottu'' was extraordinary and won a special mention from jury for national film awards. Her other popular films are ''Kanmadam'' and ''Aaraam Thampuran'' with Mohanlal, ''Ee Puzhayum Kadannu'' and ''Kudamattom'' with Dileep, ''Summer In Bethlahem'', ''Pranayavarnnangal'', ''Pathram'' and ''Kaliyattam'' with Suresh Gopi, ''Irattakuttikalude Achan'', ''Kaliveedu'', ''Thooval Kottaram'' and ''Krishnagudiyil Oru Pranayakalathu'' with Jayaram. Her performances in these films won critical and commercial acclaim. She left the film field at the peak of her career.

She married actor Dileep .After her marriage with Dileep, she retired from the film industry. The last film in which she acted before retiring from industry was ''Pathram'', co-starring Suresh Gopi.

Personal life

Manju Warrier was born on 1 November 1978. Her father is an accountant, and mother a housewife. She has one brother Madhu Warrier who is also an actor (appeared in a movie called "Campus" among several others). She did her schooling from Chovva High school and Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Kannur.

She was a talented dancer and made her debut in Malayalam films at the age of 18. She established herself as an actress par excellence in a very short period from her debut. She has also won the Kerala state award for best actress for the year 1996.

Manju Warrier got married to actor Dileep on 20 October 1998 at Aluva Sri Krishna Temple. She now lives in Kochi with Dileep and daughter, Meenakshi.

Awards

; National Film Awards

1999 - Special Jury Award - ''Kannezhuthi Pottum Thottu''

; Kerala State Film Awards

1996 - Best Actress - ''Ee Puzhayum Kadannu''

; Asianet Film Awards

1999 - Best Actress - ''Kannezhuthi Pottum Thottu'', ''Pathram''

1998 - Best Actress - ''Kanmadam''

; Screen-Videocon Awards

1997 - Best Actress - ''Aaraam Thampuran'',''Krishnagudiyil Oru Pranayakalathu''

1996 - Best Actress - ''Ee Puzhayum Kadannu''

; Film Fans Awards

1996 - Best Actress - ''Thooval Kottaram''

Complete Filmography

! No:	! Film	! Year	! Character	! Co-stars	! Director
1	''Pathram'' (പത്രം)	1999	Devika Shekhar
2	''Kannezhuthi Pottum Thottu'' (കണ്ണെഴുതി പൊട്ടും തൊട്ടു്)	1999	Bhadra	Abbas, Biju Menon, Thilakan, Kalabhavan Mani	T. K. Rajeev Kumar
3	''Summer in Bethlahem'' (സമ്മർ ഇൻ ബത്‌ലഹേം)	1998	Abhirami		Sibi Malayil
4	''Kanmadam'' (കന്മദം)	1998	Bhanumathi	Mohanlal, Lal (actor)	[[A. K. Lohithadas
5		1998	Daya
6	''Pranayavarnangal'' (പ്രണയവർ‍ണ്ണങ്ങൾ)	1998	Aarathi	Suresh Gopi, Biju Menon, Divya Unni, Praveena	Sibi Malayil
7	''Thirakalkkappuram'' (തിരകൾ‍ക്കപ്പുറം)	1998	Seetha	Suresh Gopi	Anil Adithyan
8	''Irattakkuttikalude Achchhan'' (ഇരട്ടക്കുട്ടികളുടെ അച്ഛൻ)	1997	Anupama	Jayaram, Murali (Malayalam actor)	[[Sathyan Anthikkad
9	''Krishnagudiyil Oru Pranayakalathu'' (കൃഷ്ണഗുഡിയിൽ ഒരു പ്രണയകാലത്തു്)	1997	Meenakshi	Jayaram, Biju Menon, Balachandra Menon, Kavya Madhavan, Vinaya Prasad
10	''Kudamattam'' (കുടമാറ്റം)	1997	Gowri	Dileep, Biju Menon, Vijayaraghavan, Mohini	Sundardas
11	''Aaraam Thampuran'' (ആറാം തമ്പുരാൻ)	1997	Unnimaya	Mohanlal, Priya Raman, Oduvil Unnikrishnan	Shaji Kailas
12	''Sammanam'' (സമ്മാനം)	1997	Devi	Manoj K. Jayan, Kalabhavan Mani	Sundardas
13	''Kaliyattam'' (കളിയാട്ടം)	1997	Thaamara		Jayaraj
14	''Innalakalillathe'' (ഇന്നലെകളില്ലാതെ)	1997	Beena	Biju Menon	George Kithu
15	''Kaliveedu'' (കളിവീടു്)	1996	Mridula	Jayaram, Vani Viswanath, Sunitha	Sibi Malayil
16	''Thooval Kottaram'' (തൂവൽ‍ക്കൊട്ടാരം)	1996	Devaprabha Varma	Jayaram, Murali, Sukanya, Dileep	Sathyan Anthikkad
17	''Dilliwala Rajakumaran'' (ദില്ലിവാലാ രാജകുമാരൻ)	1996	Maya	Jayaram, Biju Menon, Kalabhavan Mani	Rajasenan
18	''Ee Puzhayum Kadannu (''ഈ പുഴയും കടന്നു്'')	1996	Anjali	Dileep, Biju Menon, Mohini, Chippy
19	''Sallapam'' (സല്ലാപം‌‌)	1996	Radha		Sundardas
20	''Saakshyam'' (സാക്ഷ്യം)	1995	-----

References

External links

Encyclopedia of malayalam movie

Manju Warrier at the Internet Movie Database

Category:1978 births Category:Living people Category:Indian film actors Category:Malayali actors Category:Indian Hindus Category:Kerala State Film Award winners Category:People from Kannur Category:Malayalam film actors Category:Filmfare Awards South winners

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